A Late 18thC Whale Bone & Ebony Wig Scratcher c.1780 sub-Curios with the fleur-de-lys carving and

with the fleur-de-lys carving and the material used

Having four painted panelled doors with brass knob handles and lozenge shaped moulding under a reeded cornice with dentil ornament

as the dive was in 2008

the head with short very dark brown hair and the body constructed of a combination of paper maché

a task depicted with supreme attention to detail that reflects the subject’s status and the painterly precision for which van Dyck is renowned

A Late 18thC Whale Bone & Ebony Wig Scratcher c.1780 sub-Curios with the fleur-de-lys carving andOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 Length: 16 Width: 1 (at hand) The wonderfully tactile wig or back scratcher of particularly long size, the elegant hand crafted in whale bone to an ebony handle terminating in a knop, the whole surviving from the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The piece is in very good original order which is hard to find with examples of this type and has a superb patina. Large wigs were